Research Guides: *Health Informatics: Articles

Using These Resources

The resources to the right can be used to search for articles in this subject.

Interlibrary Loan
NU Library has rich resources but sometimes the item you want is checked out, missing, lost, or is held by another university or institution. If this is the case, use NU's Interlibrary Loan service to request a journal article, book chapter, book, video, or other item that is currently not available at NU. Articles and book chapters will be scanned and emailed to you. Physical items will be delivered to Schaffner Library (Distance Education students will have items mailed to them). Use the link above to submit your request.

MEDLINE (via OVID) This link opens in a new window
The MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources of coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). It was developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.
Gartner Intraweb This link opens in a new window
Online service providing product and market research reports for the information technology (IT) industry as well as reports on technologies used within various spheres of business and electronic commerce.
Restricted to the Northwestern University faculty, staff, and students, with no walk-in user access.

If a user encounters an error message "An error occurred during Federation with Gartner" they need to make their NU email address publicly visible in the directory.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, contains citations for more than 700 core English-language, scientific and technical publications. Topics include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.

CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance
"Mission: Provide leadership in surveillance and informatics and support CDC and its partners with state-of-the-art information systems, capacity building services, and high-quality data to guide public health decisions and actions." DHIS website

IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Has full-text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as published proceedings for over 12,000 conferences per year, and over 50,000 scholarly books.Powerful tools allow you to search and see what articles in the database have cited a particular work, as well as perform other analytics.